Bedstead attachment.



J. D. PARKER.

BEDSTEAD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION mzo FEB. I5. 1916.

Patented Feb.13',1917.

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To all wkomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, Join; D. PARKER, a

/ citizen of the United States, residing at Lagrange, in the county of Fayette and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedstead Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bedstead attach- I ments and more particularly to an attach.- ment designed to be employed for the purpose of holding the bed clothingagainst disarrangement or pulling up from the foot of the bed and it is one aim of the invention to provide a device of this class so. constructed that it may be applied to any ordinary ironbedstead and may be adjusted to secure the bed clothing at any desired distance from the foot of the bed.

Another aim of the invention is to so construct the device that it may be readily and quickly adapted for use as a support for a canopy of mosquito netting.

Another aim of theinvention is to so construct the device that when employed in holding the bed clothing in place and against disarrangement, it may be concealed by the- 4 Fig. 4c is a view partly in elevation and partly in section illustrating a modified form of attaching bracket for supporting the side members of the frame of the device.

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1 provided at its upper end with an inwardly Patented Foals, 1917. A neafloji-mea February 15,1916. SerlalNoJSAE. Y

projectin head 2 and at its lower end with an inwar' y' projecting lug 3,having an upstanding lip 4. The inner faceof .the body,

1 is designed to be disposed against the vertical;wing of the side rail of the bedstead, which rail .is ofxtheordinary angle iron construction and is indicated by the reference character R, and the head 2 is designed to extend above the horizontal wing of the said side rail R, the lug 3 extending below the lower edge of the vertical wing and the lip 4 projecting up beside the inner face of the said wing, all as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. A clamping screw 5 is threaded through the head 2 and may a be adjusted to bear downwardly upon the horizontal wing of'the rail of the bedstead and when the set screw is so adjusted the bracket member will be bodily liftedv so as to cause. its lug 3 to bind firmly against the lower edge of the vertical wing of the said a rail. Inasmuch as the lip 4 of the lug Sengages and projects upwardly beside the inner face of the said vertical wing, outward movement of the lower end of the bracket will be prevented as well as any tilting movement which would tend to displace its upper end or head 2 with relation to the said rail. The body 1 of each bracket member is further provided upon-its ,outer' face with a boss 6 having an opening, 7 formed therein and having a set screw 8 threaded throughone side thereof and adjustable to engage at its inner end against a frame member fitted within the said opening 7. The arch member heretofore referred to as employed in connection with the bracket members comprises a cross bar or connecting portion 9 and side members 10 and this arch member may be of the form shown in Figs.v 1, 2 and '3 of the drawings or of the form shown in Fig. 5.' In the first mentioned figures it is illustrated as formed from a single length of rod material bent at suitably spaced points to form the said cross bar or connect ing portion 9 and thesaidsides 10, and as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the sides 10 are fitted into the openings 7 in the bosses '6 of the bracket members and may be vertically adjusted therein.

When the device is to be. employed for the purpose of securing the bed clothes against disarrangement in themanner illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the arch member is pressed downwardly so that its connecting portion or cross bar 9 will bear firmly upon the bed clothing. and press'the same firmly to the top of the mattress. The set screws 8 are then tightened so as to hold the arch member in its adjusted position, it being understood, of course that the bracket members have previously been applied to ,the side rails of the bedstead at points suitably spaced from the foot end of the bed.

In order that the device 'may be employed g is claimed as new is:

as a canopy support the lower end of each of the side members 10 is threaded as indicated at Hand side sections 12 are provided in the nature of rods having threaded upper ends 13, the rods being adapted to bedisposed in position in alinement with the side members 10 and attachably connected there-' with by means of sleeve nuts 14. When the side sections or extensions 12 are thus as-, sembled with the side members of the arch frame the, frame may, of course, be so assembled with the bracket members that its cross bar 9 will be located a considerable distance above the surface of the bed or mattress in the manner shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, in which position it may serve to support the foot end of the canopy, the-head rail, this latter railbeing provided with an opening 17 extending vertically: therethrough and of a diameter to receive the respective side member 10 of the frame structure. Secured to the under sides of the spective side member 10, the side member being-held in adjustmentby means ofv a set moral 23.

drawings, the side members may be provided at their upper ends each with an eye 22 into which may be fitted one end of the'cross bar which in this figure is indicated by the nu- Having thus described the invention, what 1. In a device of the class described, bracket members designed for application to the side rails of a bedstead and each comprising a body portion provided at its upper end with means for'clamping engagement with the upper side of the said rail and at its lower, end with means for engagement with the under side of the said rail, a frame including a cross member and side members, and extension sections separably connected with the said side members of the said frame and adjustably connected with the said brackets.

2. In a device of the class described, bracket members designed for application to the side rails of a bedstead, a frame including a cross member and side members, and

extension sections separably connected with e r the. side members of the frame and adjustably connected with the said brackets.

3. In a 'device of the class described, bracket members designed for application to the side rails of a bedstead and each having an opening, a frame including a cross mem her and side members, extension sections separably connected with the said side members of'the frame, the said side members of the frame and the extension sections being designed to be interchangeably fitted through the said openings irithe bracket respectively when the extension sections are connected with and disconnected from the said side members of the frame, and means for adjustably securing the said side members and said extension sections in said openings.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOEL DANEL PARKER. [L. s.] 

